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me. I hope there never will be. 

 But some time I think there migtht be 

 some case near me. I have had it 

 within twelve miles of me. It was 

 there two or three years ago, and, as 

 far as I know, it isn't any nearer yet; 

 and yet I am just a little afraid that 

 some time there might be a case near 

 me, and I should want, in a case of 

 that kind, to feel sure that I could be 

 protected. As the matter stands now, 

 I should be very much afraid that 

 some farmer with a single colony — 

 and there are a -wihole lot of Scotch- 

 men around there. I live in a Scotch 

 family myself. iSome of you here are 

 Scotch enough to know that if a 

 Scotchman knew he had a case of foul 

 brood around — he is so stubborn — he 

 would not do anything unless it was 

 required by law; then he would yield 

 to the law. I want, for my own safe- 

 ty, to feel sure in the matter. I would 

 sleep more securely. There are 

 States whioh have foul brood laws, 

 where they have ibeen in operation for 

 some time. Tou gentlemen^ tell me 

 that the people are pleased with the 

 foul brood laws, and that the bee- 

 keepers like them. If I have been 

 rightly informed, before those States 

 had foul brood laws, there -was ob- 

 jection to them. Am I right in that, 

 Mr. Wilcox? 



Mr. Wilcox: There was strong ob- 

 jection in the first place. 



Dr. Miller: And that objection has 

 disappeared, if I am rightly, informed? 



Mr. Wilcox: Yes, sir. 



Dr. Miller: If the law was really in 

 operation, the objections of some of 

 our friends here would disappear, and 

 they would find there was nothing 

 wrong about it; nothing bad about it. 

 There is one thing, however, in the 

 resolution as read that I think should 

 be changed. Unless there is a change 

 of sentiment, that resolution could not 

 be unanimously passed. The word 

 "unanimously" is used in two places 

 in the resolution. So long as there 

 is a single dissenting vote, I don't 

 think those words should be there. I 

 move, Mr. President, that the word 

 "unanimously," where it occurs in 

 those 'two places, be stricken out. 



The motion was seconded. 



Mr. Logsdon: I don't like to speak 

 in public, but I want a foul brood law 

 very much. I have some bees. I don't 

 want the word "unanimous" stricken 

 out. I want every man here to be 



together. I want this foul brood law 

 very much, and I admire, and I just 

 want the men that are looking out 

 for their rights in with us. They Tvill 

 come with us. I wish we had the law, 

 and had one of those men for the in- 

 spector, not but what I believe there 

 are others just as good. I 

 wish we had the law, and had one of 

 those men, then I would feel perfectly 

 safe. I don't think I would be un- 

 justly dealt with, yet the foul brood 

 would be exterminated. Don't let that 

 word "unanimous" be stricken out. 

 Every American citizen cannot be 

 blamed for the feeling of self-protec- 

 tion, or for desiring that his rights 

 shall not be placed subservient en- 

 tirely to any neighbor who may have a 

 little bit of animosity, or a careless 

 or misinformed inspector, or a misin- 

 formed neighbor. I believe a careless 

 inspector would be just as bad as a 

 man who piles his foul brood up for 

 his neighbors to get it. I would not 

 be afraid of the law if I could have one 

 of those men for an inspector; and 

 yon ought to think it over. I have 

 talked with Mr. France. There was 

 an apiary destroyed within about fif- 

 teen miles of me last summer — a man 

 found who had the foul brood. He had 

 all his bees buried, that is, the frames, 

 of course, he saved the bees. Don't 

 let us take out word "unanimous." I 

 believe those men will suggest a way 

 so that we can all get together. I wish 

 the chairman would let one of our 

 opposers speak again. 



Mr. Wheeler: I don't want to oc- 

 cupy your time. I want to speak on 

 that word "unanimously." When the 

 law was brought up before, when these 

 people down in the center of the State 

 thought they had thiings in their own 

 hands, there were things done by in- 

 spectors that were appointed by them 

 that were a thorn to us. It showed 

 us what they intended to do when 

 they had the laws in their own hands. 

 We are friends of the bee-keepers. I 

 have been at this meeting for nearly 

 twenty years, and I don't think you 

 ever noticed anything that I have said 

 that showed any desire to injure any 

 one of us, unless I thought that man 

 was trying to injure the whole of us. 

 I may be mistaken. I don't want to be 

 personal. Had my ire up a little, and 

 said something that I ought not to 

 have said. I. am opposed to that word 

 "unanimous." I don't want these peo- 

 ple to go before the Legislature and 

 say, "We carried the whole thing 



